Editing LSD (section)

===Art and music===

====Art====

=====Blotter art=====
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[[File:LSD Tabs 50mcg.jpg|thumb|LSD tabs (50 mcg) featuring blotter art]]

[[Blotter art]] is an art form printed on perforated sheets of absorbent [[blotting paper]] infused with liquid LSD. The delivery method gained popularity following the banning of the [[hallucinogen]] LSD in the late 1960s. The use of graphics on blotter sheets originated as an [[underground art]] form in the early 1970s, sometimes to help identify the dosage, maker, or batch of LSD.

=====LSD art=====
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[[File:Lsdfacecoloured.jpg|thumb|left|A drawing of a face, made under the effects of LSD. [[Dr. Oscar Janiger]] noted similarities between paintings made under the influence of the drug and those made by schizophrenics.]]

[[LSD art]] is any [[art]] or visual displays inspired by [[psychedelic experiences]] and [[hallucination]]s known to follow the ingestion of LSD, also known colloquially as acid).<ref name="Schmid_2015">{{Cite journal | vauthors = Schmid Y, Enzler F, Gasser P, Grouzmann E, Preller KH, Vollenweider FX, Brenneisen R, Müller F, Borgwardt S | title = Acute Effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide in Healthy Subjects | journal = Biological Psychiatry | volume = 78 | issue = 8 | pages = 544–553 | date = 2015-10-15 | pmid = 25575620 | doi = 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.11.015 | url = http://edoc.unibas.ch/42234/1/20160316150932_56e9691c51f97.pdf | language = English | s2cid = 31659064 | issn = 0006-3223 }}</ref> Artists and scientists have been interested in the effect of LSD on drawing and painting since it first became available for legal use and general consumption.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Stafford PG, Golightly BH | title = LSD — The Problem-Solving Psychedelic | url = http://www.psychedelic-library.org/staf3.htm }}</ref>

====Music====
[[File:Helix, v.2, no.6, Dec. 1, 1967 - DPLA - 85798bf5973acd2aa823cbc257dfae2a (page 1).jpg|thumb|Psychedelic art for the cover of an issue of underground [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] newspaper ''[[Helix (newspaper)|Helix]]'', 1967.]]

The influence of LSD in the realms of music and art became pronounced in the 1960s, especially through the Acid Tests and related events involving bands like the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], and [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]. San Francisco-based artists such as [[Rick Griffin]], [[Victor Moscoso]], and [[Wes Wilson]] contributed to this movement through their psychedelic poster and album art. [[The Grateful Dead]], in particular, became central to the culture of "Deadheads," with their music heavily influenced by LSD.<ref name=Jarnow/>

In the United Kingdom, Michael Hollingshead, reputed for introducing LSD to various artists and musicians like [[Storm Thorgerson]], [[Donovan]], [[Keith Richards]], and members of [[the Beatles]], played a significant role in the drug's proliferation in the British art and music scene. Despite LSD's illegal status from 1966, it was widely used by groups including [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], and [[the Moody Blues]]. Their experiences influenced works such as the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' and Cream's ''[[Disraeli Gears]]'', featuring psychedelic-themed music and artwork.<ref>{{cite magazine |vauthors=Gilmore M |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/beatles-acid-test-how-lsd-opened-the-door-to-revolver-251417/ |title=Beatles' Acid Test: How LSD Opened the Door to 'Revolver' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 25, 2016 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203211257/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/beatles-acid-test-how-lsd-opened-the-door-to-revolver-251417/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Psychedelic music of the 1960s often sought to replicate the LSD experience, incorporating exotic instrumentation, electric guitars with effects pedals, and elaborate studio techniques. Artists and bands utilized instruments like sitars and tablas, and employed studio effects such as backward tapes, panning, and phasing.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Rubin R, Melnick JP |title=Immigration and American Popular Culture: an Introduction |location=New York, NY |publisher=New York University Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8147-7552-3 |pages=162–4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Prown P, Newquist HP, Eiche JF |title=Legends of Rock Guitar: the Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists |location=London |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997 |isbn=0-7935-4042-9 |pages=48 |year=1997}}</ref> Songs such as [[John Prine]]'s "Illegal Smile" and the Beatles' "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]" have been associated with LSD, although the latter's authors denied such claims.<ref name=Sheff>{{cite book |vauthors=Sheff D |year=2000 |author-link=David Sheff |title=All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-25464-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/allwearesayingla00lenn |url-access=registration}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2024}}<ref name="life">{{cite magazine |vauthors=Thompson T |date=16 June 1967 |title=The New Far-Out Beatles |magazine=Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=101 |location=Chicago |publisher=Time Inc. |pages=101 |access-date=8 Dec 2016 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117042255/https://books.google.com/books?id=lVYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=101 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Contemporary artists influenced by LSD include [[Keith Haring]] in the visual arts,<ref>{{cite book |title=Keith Haring: Journey of the Radiant Baby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PElY27UXXkYC |publisher=Bunker Hill Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=1593730527 |vauthors=Haring K |page=25 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002134101/https://books.google.com/books?id=PElY27UXXkYC |url-status=live }}</ref> various [[electronic dance music]] creators,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-drugs-genres-match-mdma-raves-shrooms-psychedelia-rap-lean/ |publisher=Vice |author=Daisy Jones |date=5 June 2017 |title=Why Certain Drugs Make Specific Genres Sound So Good |access-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205200458/https://www.vice.com/en/article/newv7g/why-drugs-genres-match-mdma-raves-shrooms-psychedelia-rap-lean |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[jam band]] [[Phish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/phish-matisyahu-nyc/ |title=Phishin' With Matisyahu: How LSD "Turned My Entire World Inside Out" |author=Kendall Deflin |date=22 June 2017 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930095840/https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/phish-matisyahu-nyc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2018 [[Leo Butler]] play ''[[All You Need is LSD]]'' is inspired by the author's interest in the history of LSD.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How LSD influenced Western culture |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181016-how-lsd-influenced-western-culture |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=www.bbc.com |date=October 17, 2018 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127003729/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20181016-how-lsd-influenced-western-culture |url-status=live }}</ref>